 The poor inhabitant below Was quick to learn and wise to know, And keenly felt the friendly glow, And softer flame ; But thoughtless follies laid him low, And stain'd his name ! Reader, attend ! whether thy soul Soars fancy's flights beyond the pole,...  The lyre of love [ed. by P.L. Courtier]. - Page 87by Lyre - 1806Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1896 - 200 lehte
...mad career, 15 Wild as the wave; Here pause — and, through the starting tear, Survey this grave. The poor inhabitant, below Was quick to learn, and wise to 'know, 20 And keenly felt the friendly glow, And softer flame; But thoughtless follies laid him low, And stained... | |
 | George Benjamin Woods - 1916 - 1604 lehte
...wave?— Here pause— and thro' the starting tear Survey this grave. The poor inhabitant below 20 accustomed to the gaudiness and inane phraseology of many modern writers, if the flame ; But thoughtless follies laid him low, And stain 'd his name. 25 Reader, attend ! whether thy... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - 1916 - 806 lehte
...mad career 15 Wild as the wave ? — Here pause — and thro' the starting tear Survey this grave. hat spoke irreverently o 20 And keenly felt the friendly glow And softer flame ; But thoughtless follies laid him low, And stain... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - 1916 - 828 lehte
...life's mad career 15 Wild as the wave? — Here pause — and thro' the starting tear Survey this grave. S Eyh s = 䬻 [5{ i _\ w \ wox N> 20 And keenly felt the friendly glow And softer ilame; But thoughtless follies laid him low, And stain'd... | |
 | William Allan Neilson - 1917 - 364 lehte
...life's mad career, Wild as the wave; Here pause — and, thro' the starting tear, Survey this grave. The poor inhabitant below Was quick to learn and wise...know, And keenly felt the friendly glow, And softer flame; But thoughtless follies laid him low, And stain'd his name ! Reader, attend ! whether thy soul... | |
 | Ernest Bernbaum - 1918 - 412 lehte
...life's mad career Wild as the wave? — Here pause — and thro' the starting tear Survey this grave. The poor inhabitant below Was quick to learn and wise...know, And keenly felt the friendly glow And softer flame; But thoughtless follies laid him low, And stain'd his name! Reader, attend! whether thy soul... | |
 | 1903 - 930 lehte
...life's mad career Wild as the wave ; Here pause— and, through the starting tear. Survey this grave. The poor Inhabitant below, Was quick to learn and...know. And keenly felt the friendly glow, And softer flame ; But thoughtless follies laid him low, And stained his name ! Reader, attend,— whether thy... | |
 | 1921 - 600 lehte
...from the depths of an agonized heart: "Here pause— and thro' the starting tear Surrey this grave. "The poor inhabitant below Was quick to learn and...know And keenly felt the friendly glow And softer flame; But thoughtless follies laid him low, And stained his name I "Reader, attend! whether thy soul... | |
 | Mabel Irene Rich - 1921 - 576 lehte
...life's mad career '5 Wild as the wave? Here pause — and thro' the starting tear Survey this grave. The poor inhabitant below Was quick to learn and wise to know, 20 And keenly felt the friendly glow And softer flame; But thoughtless follies laid him low, And stained... | |
 | James Matthew Barrie - 1922 - 76 lehte
...failures, at least all the best of us. The greatest Scotsman that ever lived wrote himself down a failure: "The poor Inhabitant below Was quick to learn and...know, And keenly felt the friendly glow And softer flame. But thoughtless follies laid him low. And stained his name." Perhaps the saddest lines in poetry,... | |
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